Barack Obama: “This is unacceptable, and as we reflect on the terrible burden these workers and their families have borne, we must do…”

In forming our union, the founders fell terribly short of the Declaration's promise, leaving slavery intact, allowing states to restrict the franchise to white men who owned property.

This idea that any suggestion or criticism that America was anything other than perfect is unpatriotic... is a suggestion that you hate your country.

I hope this center will serve as an affirmation of just how special, how precious our democracy truly is.

For almost four decades, Nancy Pelosi served the American people and worked to make our country better.